Grindlay is a toponymicsurname arising from the combination of the Anglo-Saxon words grēne or grynde and leāh or leā, meaning "green clearing" or "valley clearing".[1][27][28][29] Traditionally held to have arisen in Northumbria,[30][31][32] modern scholarship suggests the name may instead derive from medieval woodland clearance in the former Forest of Arden in the English Midlands,[a] before later spreading northward with the family.[29][33][34]
"Of an ancient family "thorough Anglo Saxon" named Greenlee, called in the Midland Counties of England "The Greenlees"...two knights of this family...were gifted by King Alfred to a demesne in the County of Warwick...where this branch lived in opulence and high respect"[2] – Archives of Aston Hall, Warwickshire
By the High Medieval Period, the English branch of the family were established landowners of the English Midlands, primarily in Warwickshire and Staffordshire, and later in Nottinghamshire and southern Cheshire.[69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76] The spelling of the family name developed several variants over time, principally Greneleye, Grenlay and Grendleye or Grendeley.[1][29][33][77][78] This is exemplified by the different ways the surname was recorded throughout this period, including William de Grenelega (c.1180),[79] Simone de Greneleye or Greneley (c.1250),[79][80] William de Grenlay (c.1275),[33][34] and Richard de Grendeley or Grindley (c.1390).[78]
Throughout the late 16th and 17th centuries, the family continued to expand their possessions,[j] particularly in the North Midlands and Cheshire,[78][131][132] where several areas are eponymously named, such as Grindleyes Feeld (c.1593) or Grindleys Green (c.1604), now Grindley Green in Newhall, Cheshire.[78][133]
The family is believed to have become a sept of Clan Home and Clan Wedderburn during the emergence of the Scottish clan system in the High Middle Ages owing to common ancestry, locality, and onomatology, with the arms of Grindlay and Wedderburn sharing the motto Non Degener (Not Degenerated).[46][193][194][195] Some contemporary scholarship suggests that the family may in fact have settled in Scotland slightly later, during the 15th century, from the North Midlands,[34] but were nevertheless established landowners and clergymen of the Scottish Lowlands by the 16th century, and closely affiliated with both clans.[196]
Although the family had been using seals and insignia from the beginning of the 14th century,[88] the first known record of arms are seemingly from Sir William de Grenlay, William Greneleye, or Guillaume Greenlee (c.1372) of Edgebaston, Warwickshire, a "Knight of the Royal Guards" (see Yeoman of the Guard),[2] who was commended for martial valour at the first siege of Harfleur in 1415, in Normandy, France, during the Hundred Years' War.[7][97] William was killed storming the breach in the bastion walls alongside his soldiers, as he fought to secure the fortress gates during the final stages of the siege.[41] Buried on the glacis where he was slain and with an oak sapling to mark his grave, William was posthumously honoured by King Henry V,[2][7] and as a reward, William and the family were entitled to have their armorial bearings "topped by a green mound and plant of oak".[q][2][26][226] The existing family coat of arms at that time was recorded as:
"Armorial Quartering...angular bars on the shield; the ermine, above Bar; and a square thereon..."[2]
The "Armorial Quartering" refers to the division of the field into 4 square quarters, the "angular bars on the shield" to early pheons, and the "ermine, above Bar" to the tincture adjoining the central ordinaries, all of which are exhibited in the arms to this day.[247][248] This 14th century emblazonedescutcheon is regarded as an early form of the arms now bourn by the Grindlay family,[193][194] with the current coat of arms adopted at some point during the 16th or 17th century, to differentiate their immediate familial line from their wider ancestral lineage.[6][26][138][226]
Examples of the recorded arms of Grindlay and Grindley, illustrating their relatively fluid interchangeability up until the 19th century, are as follows:
"Crest – a buffalo's head erased, gules." Deuchar, 1817
"Per cross, or and az. a cross quarterly, erm. and of the first, betw. four pheons counterchanged, of the field. Crest, a pea-hen ppr. Motto, non degener." Robson, 1830
"Az. a cross betw. four pheons or. Crest, a buffalo's head erased gu." Robson, 1830
"Per cross, or and az. a cross quarterly, erm. and of the first, betw. four pheons counterchanged, of the field. Crest, a pea-hen ppr. Motto, non degener." Burke & Burke, 1844
"Az. a cross betw. four pheons or. Crest, a buffalo's head erased gu." Burke & Burke, 1844
"Crest – A buffalo's head erased. gu., a dove ppr., a pea-hen ppr. Motto – Non degener" Fairbairn, 1860, 1905, 1911
"A dove ppr., pea-hen, ppr, and a buffalo's head erased" Washbourne, 1882
"A dove, ppr.; and another, a pea-hen, ppr." Elven, 1882
"A buffalo's head erased, gu." Elven, 1882
"A buffalo's head, erased, gu., a dove, ppr., a pea-hen, ppr." MacVeigh, 1883
"Quarterly, or and az. a cross quarterly erm. and of the first, betw. four pheons counterchanged of the field. Crest – A pea-hen ppr. Motto – Non Degener" Burke, 1884
"Az. a cross betw. four pheons or. Crest – a buffalo's head erased gu." Burke, 1884
The Nottinghamshirecadet branch adopted arms as early as the 14th century, attributed to William, son of John de Grenleye (c.1374) of the County of Nottingham.[71] First documented in the Catalogue of Seals of the Department of Manuscripts of the British Museum 1894,[10] and later in the Dictionary of British Arms – Medieval Ordinary Vol I,[250] the armorial bearings are described as:
"Azure a chevron engrailed argent between 3 fleurs de lis or"[f]
The arms of this cadet branch illustrate a number of parallels with those of Clan Kinninmont of Kinninmoth near Fife in Scotland, an area where the Grindlay family are known to have settled.[9][107][188][211][252] The close resemblance extends to the clancrest and badge which feature an oak tree or sprig of oak.[189][253]
*All contemporary spelling variants have been used where possible.
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Undifferenced full heraldic achievement of the senior English branch of the Grindlay family (black & white image) (20th century).
Arms of the Grindlay family of Warwickshire (19th century).
The extent of the Orchardfield Estate of the Grindlay family in central Edinburgh, Scotland (Illustrated on the 1817 map The City of Edinburgh and its environs. by Robert Kirkwood).
^a An increasingly rare surname, Grindlay likely has its roots in the clearance of ancient English forest and the creation of the leāh or leā (see Leah and Lea), an area of open space within a woodland for settlement, particularly in the former Forest of Arden of Warwickshire and Staffordshire (see History of Warwickshire). These areas were often enclosed or walled off and controlled by a single family group, such as the ancestors of the Grindlay family, who in expanding their medieval holdings, simultaneously further established both their surname and the names of the places they controlled, as the creators and inhabitants of various grēne/grynde leāh/leā.[1][254][255][256]
^b This would make the family one of a limited number able to trace their patrilineal ancestry back to the Anglo-Saxon period, namely the 9th century, with the others being those of Arden, Berkeley, Swinton and Wentworth.[257][258][259] Notably the Arden and Swinton families are also of Warwickshire and Berwickshire.
^c Earlier spellings of these closely located villages and hamlets resemble those of the family surname. Grindley was formerly spelt both Grenlee and Grenley, Grindley Brook and Tushingham cum Grindley were formerly spelt Grenlegh, Grenelee, and Grynleye, and Little Gringley was formerly spelt both Greneleye and Grenlay.
^d The recorded full name of Galfridi de Greneleye, was Galfridi, Galfridus or Geoffery de Warilowe de Greneleye.[88]
^f The arms of William Gyrdeley listed in the Dictionary of British Arms – Medieval Ordinary Vol II (1996), appear against Girdill, Gridley, Grindlay and Gyrdele. The entry states in the notes that for Grindlay specifically, the chevron may also appear in gold, a 'chev Or'. The same arms, appear for Girdler in The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales (1884), but with 'many hurts' or roundels azure for difference, indicating a possible familial link.[9][138] Professor Patrick Hanks suggests in his The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016), that Girdley or Gyrdeley is probably a metathesised variant of Gridley or Grindley.
^i The family (Robert and Matilda de Grenleye) were involved in a legal dispute over land in the parish of Stowe (see Stowe-by-Chartley) Staffordshire, with Thomas del Leghe of Neuton, in 1369. Though established landed gentry by the 14th century, the Leghs went on to become a powerful aristocratic family with lands across Cheshire, Warwickshire and other counties, which included the Earls of Chichester, Barons of Stoneleigh, Barons of Newton and others (see Leghs of Lyme, Leghs of Adlington, Baron Leigh, etc.).[119]
^j The family continued their expansion into Shropshire, South Lancashire and the Isle of Man (see Thomas Grindley),[261][262] with some resettling as far north as Lanarkshire during Glasgow's industrial expansion. Another possible eponym existing in South Lancashire, is Gryndley Cross (c.1560),[263] later Grindlow alias Greenlow Cross or Marsh,[264] then Grindley Marsh (c.1798) or Grindley-Marsh (c.1801),[265][266][267] and now thought to be Greenheys, part of Greater Manchester. The area was previously named Withacre or Whitacre, but this changed around the period the family are thought to have taken lands in the area.[264]
^k Captain Robert Melville Grindlay, E.I.C.S., M.R.A.S., etc. (1786-1877), served in the East India Company's Army and the 7th Bombay Infantry from 1804 to 1820. He moved to India as a cadet aged 17, reached the rank of captain in 1817, and retired from the military in 1820 at the age of 34, after which he returned to England and established Grindlays Bank. During his time in India, he made numerous sketches and drawings as a self-taught amateur artist, recording the life and landscape of the subcontinent (see Category:Robert Melville Grindlay). Although born in Marylebone, then a village near London, his distinctive middle name pays homage to his Scottish Grindlay ancestry and links between his forebears and the small but powerful noble Melville family of Midlothian and Fife (see Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville, Earl Melville, Clan Melville, etc.).[16]
^l Similarly to the family name, both settlements have had various related spellings over time. Grinnla, now Greenlaw in Berwickshire, was formerly spelt Grenlay, Greynley, and Girnelay,[30] and Greenley in Northumberland, was formerly spelt Grenelay, Greenlee, and Greenlawe,[39] with ley or lay and law being documented aliases.[183] Greenley sits between Greenlee Lough and Greenley Cleugh; Cleugh being a word of Scottish origin for "a steep valley or ravine", with Greenley Cleugh literally meaning a green valley clearing, and a possible source of the dual green / valley clearing origins of the Grindlay surname, put forward by Henry Harrison in his Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary (1969).[1]
^n In addition to owning a fleet of trade ships originally based in Grangemouth, Scotland and then later Liverpool, Walter Grindlay was also a sea captain and was shipmaster of the vessel the 'Grindlay' when it transported Scottish immigrant survivors of the destroyed 'India' to Port Phillip in Australia in 1841.[268][269][270]
^o The Grindlay and Simpson families of Edinburgh were closely interrelated, forming a single extended family. Walter Grindlay was cousin of Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, both sharing Grindlay grandparents, and James's future wife, Janet Grindlay (later Lady Janet Grindlay Simpson) was a first cousin once removed and daughter of Walter Grindlay. Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, 2nd Baronet was Walter Grindlay's nephew. James was granted his own arms when made a baronet.[211][271]
^p The surname of Grindal has several former spellings, including Grindle, Grindalli, and possibly Grenelawe.[34] The scholar and tutor to Queen Elizabeth I, William Grindal, is a probable relation of Edmund Grindal having also been born in the same coastal village of St. Bees, Cumberland.
^q The "green mound and plant of oak" augmentation of honour awarded to Sir William de Grenlay, William Greneleye or Guillaume Greenlee (c.1372) following the siege of Harfleur, is retained in the 18th century arms of the Greenlees line of the family, awarded to Dr. Robert Greenlees of Scotland in 1750.[138]
^r The tincture of the charges and ordinaries of the arms of the Nottinghamshire cadet branch, though likely argent, are unknown, and are therefore greyed out in the accompanying illustration.[10]
^s Hoole Old Hall was purchased from John de Hoole, the Lord of Hoole, during the reign of Edward II, by the Abbot of Chester and served as the grange for the abbots of the Abbey of St Werburgh (now Chester Cathedral, following the dissolution of the Abbey in 1540). During the 14th century the Old Hall (and other properties including the original Hoole Hall, destroyed during the English Civil War, as opposed to the current Hoole Hall) came into the possession of the Bunbury baronets, who owned it for the next 400 years, before passing to the Grindlay family.[272]
^t The Orchardfield Estate was also known as the Grindlay Estate after it was purchased by George and William Grindlay in 1782. During the 19th century, the Grindlay family trust and the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, developed the estate in line with the feuing plan proposed by the renown Scottish architect William Burn, and agreed by William Trotter of Ballindean, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[13][273] Grindlay Street and Grindlay Court, which both reside within the boundaries of the former estate, were named so in honour of the family.[208]
^u Though Edmund Grindal was born at Cross Hill House in St. Bees, his niece, Mabel Grindal, would take possession of the Manor of St. Bees and 80 acres of land, which became a primary family residence thereafter.[274]
^v No known record of arms or insignia of the Anglo-Saxon thegns Hereweald and Æðel Grēneleāh or Gryndeleā (or other Old English equivalents) survives.
^w The arms of Grindall listed in The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales (1884) and dated to the end of the 18th century are most likely those of Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grindall KCB.[275][276] These arms and those of Grindal (Edmund Grindal) and Grindlay are identical bar sub-ordinary differencing (pheons for Grindlay, doves for Grindal, and pea-hens for Grindall; the later two both being crests of the Grindlay family).[138][227][277]
^x The arms of the Greenly line of the family were adopted during the 17th century, and draw their inspiration from those of the Green family (formerly spelt Grene and Greene), in whose various arms, stags and the colour green feature heavily. This was due to an erroneously surmised association with the Green family during that period.[138]
^y The arms of the Gridley line reflect those of the City of Manchester (based on those of Albert de Gresle, 1st Baron of Manchester, to which the family have possible links) because of their Barony of Stockport, part of Greater Manchester. Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley grew up in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire.[242][278]
^"Coventry City Council Public Report". Coventry City Council. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. [The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Coventry, Alderman] Alfred Robert Grindlay CBE, JP
Scottish Post Office Annual Directory 1813-14. Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services. 1813. p. 383. Grindlay, Richard corn-merchant, 2. Cassills' place. Grindlay, Capt. Thomas 7. ditto
^ abKimberley, Damien (2012). Coventry's Motorcar Heritage. History Press Limited.
^ abcdDurham Probate Records: pre-1858 original wills and inventories (1681-1699). Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: The Spiritual Chancellors to the bishops of Durham (through their Registrars). 1681. 1) Greenley (Grinley) within the parrish of Whickham; 2) [...] yeoman, of Greenley Clugh (Greenlyclugh) in the parish of Haltwhisle (Haltwesle) and county of Northumberland; 3) John Greennly, yeoman, of Embleton in the county of Northumberland [Embleton, Northumberland]; also spelt Greenley
^Thompson, Dr Andrew (2012). "Thegns / Thanes". Thegns of Mercia. Etymology: The Old English word þegn / ðegn literally means 'military follower'. It is also glossed as 'servant, attendant and retainer, probably deriving from the verb ðegan - to serve. It derives from the Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. (It is cognate with the Old Norse þegn - meaning a freeman, Old High German thegan and German Degen "thane, warrior, hero").
^Snell, Melissa (2018). "Thegn - Anglo-Saxon Thegn or Thane". ThoughtCo. In Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn was a lord who held his land directly from the king in return for military service in time of war.
^ abcStrathmore Estate: Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5); [c.1250]-1909. Durham County Record Office. 1. Greenlaw alias Greenley and other properties, John Maddison of Grenelay, parish of Whickham, yeoman, 1664-1735; 2. in parish of Whickham called Greenlaw, alias Greenley; 3. Raphe Whitfeilde of Greenlawe, yeoman and Margary, his wife, and Thomas, his son, lease for 200 years of tenement at Greneley yate in parish of Whicam.
^ abCharles, William (2018). "www.clan-home.org". The Clan Home Association. There are numerous families from the Scottish borders who have historic links with the Clan [Home]. These include those by the name of Ayton, Blackadder, Greenlaw, Greenlees, Haliburton, Paxton, Nesbitt, Trotter and Wedderburn and related spellings.
^ ab"Surname Genealogy - Some early 'Plant like' name records". One Name Studies. 1395. John Plonte witnessed a conveyance of John de Grenley of land in Leek [Staffordshire] to Thomas Payge. John de Grenley evidently refers to Grindley (near Uttoxeter) which was spelled Grenlee in the 13th century and Grenley in the 14th century.
^Dodgson, J. McN. (1972), The place-names of Cheshire. Part four: The place-names of Broxton Hundred and Wirral Hundred, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 47, ISBN0-521-08247-1
^A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. p. 215. ISBN978-0-19-107894-1. Gringley on the Hill, Notts. Gringeleia 1086 (DB). Possibly 'woodland clearing of the people living at the green place'. OE grēne + inga + lēah.
^ abInquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 19. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London (BHO: British History Online). 1906. pp. 149–156. Multiple references to family (Grenlay) lands in Nottinghamshire.
^ abcdePixton, Paul B. Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661. The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Multiple references throughout, including 1. Grindley (Gryndley, Grinley, Grendeley, Grindleye). 2. Grindeleyes Feeld (Newhall) and Grindleys Green. 3. Richard de Grendeley and Richard de Grindley in inquisitio post mortem of Sir John Lovell (Baron Lovel) (1408) and Court Rolls of Newhall Manor (1542-1660).
John Pym Yeatman. Extracts (with notes) from The Pipe Rolls for the Counties of Nottingham and Derby from the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Edward I. London: Parker & Co.
^Calendar of the Fine Rolls. Vol XVII. Henry VI. AD 1437-1435. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1937. p. 218. Thomas Greneley of Burton...; in the county of Nottingham; excepting 73l. 18s. 7 3/4d. to be distributed by Henry Grey of Codnore (Baron Grey of Codnor), and by John Zouche (Baron Zouche), 'chivaler', and William Merynge, 'chivaler', knights coming to Parliament.
^ abc"Plea Rolls for Staffordshire: 7 Edward I (1239 – 1307)". The National Archives. Staffordshire Record Society. 1885. pp. 92–102. Alianora [Eleanor] the widow of Robert de Ferrars [Ferrers] vs Henry de Grenley, Geoffrey de Warilowe (de Grenleye) and others.
^ abCalendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 2, 1402-1405. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London (BHO: British History Online). 1929. pp. 407–413. Orders from King Henry IV to the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Coroner of Nottinghamshire, John de Grenlay.
^Salt, T (1887). Collections for a history of Staffordshire. Harrison and Sons. Willielmus (William) Grenleye one of a small group of 'militibus' to witness the signing of local legal documents (plea rolls).
^ abcSalt, T (1887). Collections for a history of Staffordshire. Harrison and Sons. Multiple accounts of the activities of Galfridi (Geoffrey), Willielmus (William) and John de Greneleye, including applying their warranty and seal to various documents, and being formal witnesses to others.
^ abc"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. 1. William Greneleye (Captain: Thomas Beauchamp, 1339-1401, Earl of Warwick); 2. William de Grenlay (Captain: John Neville)
^"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. 1. John Grenlay (Captain: Thomas Beaufort, 1377-1426, Earl of Dorset, Duke of Exeter); 2. John Greneley / John Grenley (Captain: William Minors)
^"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. Thomas Grenlay / Greynley, Man-at-Arms (Captain: Sir William Fulthorp)
^ ab"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. 1. Stephen (Styn, Sym) Gredeley / Gredley / Greddelay, Man-at-Arms (Captain: John Talbot, 1385 - 1453, Earl of Shrewsbury)
^ ab"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. 1. Thomas de Gredelay (Captain: John Beaufort, 1403 - 1444, Duke of Somerset); 2. Thomas Grynnelay / Grinzeley (Captain: John Talbot, 1385 - 1453, Earl of Shrewsbury)
^"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. Robin Grynelay, Archer (Captain: Henry Bourchier [1408 - 1483] Count of Eu, Earl of Essex)
^"The Medieval Soldier Project". University of Southampton and University of Reading. William Gyrdeley, Man-at-Arms (Captain: John Holland,1395-1447, Earl of Huntingdon, Duke of Exeter; Commander: Henry V, 1386-1442, King of England)
^"Staffordshire Deeds: Grindley". The National Archives. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office. William son of Geoffrey de Warilowe de Grenleye vs Prior and Convent of St. Thomas the Martyr by Stafford
^Palmer, Robert. "Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/184/26". www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk. Thomas de Wouer vs Adam, son of William de Grenleye, regarding 1 messuage, 2 mills, 5 and a half bovates of land and 45 acres of meadow and 54 shillings of rent. 13th November, 1329.
^Palmer, Robert. "Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/186/35". www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk. Ives de Fulham vs Joan de Greneley and others, vs regarding 4 messuages, 1 toft, 46 acres of land, 19 acres of meadow, 3 acres of wood, 5 acres of marsh and 12 pence of rent in Madersey and Euerton. 12 November, 1385.
^"No. 24945". London Gazette: 979. 2 March 1881. 1881: Edward Howarth Greenly of Titley Court, Kington
^"Lives of the First World War: Walter Howarth Greenly". www.imperialwarmuseum.com. Major General Walter Howorth Greenly was born on 2 January 1875 at Titley, Herefordshire, England. He was the son of Edward Howorth Greenly and Sarah Caroline Forster. He died in 1955. He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel between 1912 and 1916 in the 19 Royal Hussars. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918. He was Commander of the 2 Cavalry Division between 1916 and 1918. He gained the rank of Colonel between 1917 and 1920 in the 12 Royal Lancers. He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) He was head of the British Mission to Romania between 1918 and 1920.
^Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. Vol. 781. The King's Payments. Household expenses of Henry VIII. in the year 1539 (continued from Vol. XIII., Ft. ii., No. 1280.). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1895. *Geo. Grenlegh, servant to lord Leonard Grey, coming from Ireland with letters and returning with the King's letters, and "for the time of his attendance".
^Deacon, Charles William (1902). The Court Guide and County Blue Book of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire. London: Charles William Deacon & Co. pp. 382 (section: Landed Gentry, Country Families, etc.). William Harry Grindley Esq, JP - Tunstall and Parkfields, Tittensor, Stoke on Trent
^ ab"The British News Paper Archive". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 21 April 1965. Director of a Coventry Firm dies aged 65. Mr Reginald Robert Grindlay, the elder son of Mr A. R. Grindlay, a former Alderman and "Father" of Coventry City Council, died at his home at Derwent Island, Keswick, yesterday. Mr Grindlay was 65 years old and until about six months ago lived at Holly Lodge, Berkswell. He was a director with his father, and a younger brother, Mr Stephen Grindlay, of Grindlay (Coventry) Ltd. Mr Grindlay, a prominent Freemason, was a member of the Grand Lodge of England and of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire. He was a past master of the Victory Lodge, Coventry. His death occurred suddenly. The funeral will be on Friday at 3.30 pm at Allesley Church. He leaves a widow, Mrs Vera Grindlay, and a son and daughter.
^"London Borough of Sutton: Archives & Local Studies". The National Archive. The purchase of a freehold estate situated at Carshalton by Captain [Robert Melville] Grindley (Grindlay), of The Regent's Park, London, on 21 August 1821.
^"British Newspaper Archive". Coventry Herald - Saturday 25 August 1928. 1928. District News: Allesley - A garden fete of the Earlsdon, Greyfriars and Westwood wards of the Coventry Liberal Association was held in the grounds of Trinity House, Allesley, last Saturday afternoon, by permission of Councillor and Mrs A. R. Grindlay.
^"Prisoners Of War 1715-1945". www.findmypast.co.uk. Participants in The Great French War included 1) Captain James Grindlay, prisoner of war, born in Scotland, Master of the Nancy, captured by the French in 1799, released 12th November 1800 in exchange for Captain Charles Piquet of 81st Brigade under Louis Lazare Hoche; 2) Thomas Grindlay, prisoner of war; 3) James Grindley of the Cornwallis, prisoner of war, captured and held prisoner in France at some point between 1779 and 1781.
^ abHart, Colonel H. G. (1871). The New Annual Army List and Militia List and Indian Civil Service List for 1871(PDF). London: John Murray. pp. 60–61, 620. Lt.Colonel [Henry Robert] Grindlay served the Punjaub Campaign of 1845-46, including the battles of Chillianwallah (severely wounded) and Goojerat ([Punjab] Medal with two Clasps). Served as Assistant Quarter Master General to Brigadier General Nicholson's Movable Column at the defeat of the Sealkote mutineers on the banks of the Ravee, on 12 and 16 July 1857 (Brevet of Major), and was afterwards present at the siege and capture of Delhi ([Indian Mutiny Medal] Medal with Clasp)
^"New Year Honours – The Official Lists, New Peers And Baronets, Long Roll Of Soldiers". The Times. 1918. 1918 New Year Honours (MM) - Military Medal. Pte. H. Grindley, Grenadier Guards (Tarvin)
^"Supplement to The London Gazette"(PDF). The London Gazette. 1980. Group Captain George Lionel Grindley O.B.E., Royal Air Force, to be Ordinary Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order (O.B.E.)
^"Supplement to the London Gazette"(PDF). The London Gazette. 12 June 1945. The undermtd. (on appt. to R.C.A.F.):— Flts. Lts.:— G. E. Grindlay, M.B.E. (75693). 23rd Apr. 1945.
^ ab"Supplement to The London Gazette"(PDF). The London Gazette. Henry Hugh Grindley, Esq., O.B.E., Director and General Manager, Central Uruguayan Railway Company, Montevideo, to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order (C.B.E)
^"London Metropolitan Archives: City of London". The National Archives. Robert Melville Grindlay esq, and others of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, appointed as trustees for Harriet Rokeby of Oxenden near Market Harborough, Northamptonshire
^"Second Supplement to the London Gazette"(PDF). The London Gazette. 1 May 1945. Flt. Lt. R. W . G. GRINDLAY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (66475) (on account of medical unfitness for Air Force service) retaining the rank of Sqn. Ldr. 18th Apr. 1945.
^Gibson, Robert (1905). An Old Berwickshire Town. History of the town and parish of Greenlaw, from the earliest times to the present day. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 2–4, 278–298. Edited by Thomas Gibson. Contributions by Professor George Alexander Gibson LL.D. and Rev. Peter Wilson, M.A. 1) There is nothing known of the names of persons in possession till we come down to the twelfth century, when, in a Kelso Abbey charter of date 1180, the name of a William de Grenelaw occurs. This is the first notice of the Greenlaw family, who probably took their surname of Greenlaw from the lands or place, thus intimating their proprietary relation to the lands. This family is not to be mistaken, as it has been, for the family of Patrick, who got from his father Cospatrick, third Earl of Dunbar, the so-called manor of Greenlaw before 1166. 2) Where the surname Greenlaw occurs in the earlier charters, they have mistakenly applied it to Patrick, who got from his father Cospatrick, third Earl of Dunbar, the manor of Greenlaw not later than 1166, and to his son William by his first marriage, and to some supposed members of the family of William, of which family existence it is to be noted there is no evidence, William is supposed by those writers to have used the surname Greenlaw till he acquired the lands of Home, when he assumed the surname of Home from these lands. This belief is due simply to the fact that Patrick and William were holders of Greenlaw lands, and the consequent presumption was that they bore the surname, a presumption that has vitiated all or most that has been written on the question. 3) The surname "de Greenlaw" first occurs in a charter to Kelso Abbey in 1180, to which a William de Greenlaw is witness. This William could not be William, son of Patrick, as the latter died in 1266 (Wood's Peerage). Even had he been alive in 1180 he would not have been of age to witness a deed. This same William de Greenlaw is witness to another charter relating to Kelso Abbey property at Innerwick about 1190 (Charter 143).
^Parish of Whickham. Nichols and Son (BHO: British History Online). 1820. Gryndley or Grindlawe, in the Parish of Whickham
^ abcdeFraser Black, George (2022) [1946]. Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History. John Donald. ISBN9781788852968. GREENLAW. The name of an old family in Berwickshire, derived from their lands there. They may have been an offshoot from the Dunbars. William de Grenlawa, c. 1180 (Kelso, 333). An agreement between the abbot of Kelso and Roland de Grenelawe regarding the chapel was made c. 1200 (ibid., 145). Magister William de Grenlau, a churchman, witnessed a charter by Walter, bishop of Glasgow, c. 1208-18 (LCD., p. 236), and in 1221 was one of a number appointed to settle a dispute between the churches of Glasgow and Kelso (REG., 116), and c. 1221-31 witnessed the grant of the church of Lympetlaw to Kelso Abbey (Soltre, p. 25). In 1233 he witnessed resignation of the lands of Eduluestun to the church of Glasgow (REG, p. 140). William of Greenlaw, son of Roland, son of William, witnessed Melrose documents of 1236-37 (Melos, 298, 274), and held lands in Falsington of Robert de Muschamp, part of which he gave to Melrose Abbey before 1247 (ES., I, p. 545n.), in which year he died (Chron. Mail. s.a.). Matheu de Grenlawe fiz William de Grenlawe of Berwickshire and William de Grenlawe of Edinburghshire rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, u, p. 206, 198). William de Grenelawe was clerk to Sir John de Mowbrav in 1306 Abid., 1868), and in 1327 and following years there are records of payment of king's alms to Symon de Grenlaw (ER., I, p. 60, 90, etc.). William de Grenlaw was archdeacon of St. Andrews, 1361 (Cambus, 160). Gilbert de Grenlaw or Grynlaw, canon of Aberdeen, 1386, afterwards bishop of Aberdeen and chancellor of Scotland, died in 1422 (REA., 1, p. xxxiv-vi, 172). Thomas Grenlaw, archdeacon, had a safe conduct in England, 1424 (Bain, IV, 943), Thomas de Grenelawe was bailie of the Temple, 1426 (Egidit, p. 48), Thomas de Grenlaw, vicar of Conveth, was made burgess of Aberdeen, 1439 (NSCM., 1, p. 5), and Thomas Grenlaw was vicar of Erth, 1452 (Pollok, 1, p. 172). Nicholas Grenlaw was rector of Eddilstoun, 1503 (Simon, 64). Grenelaw 1531, Greynlaw 1429, Grinlay 1447, Grinlaw 1484.
^"FreeBMD". Free UK Genealogy (FreeBMD data compiled by Dr J Leitch for 'In Search of the Medieval anglo saxons by Research and DNA: One Family Journey Over 2000 Years from Medieval Physicians' republished on Geni). N Grenlaw (c.1520) of Stirling, Scotland; brother of Michael Grindlay (c. 1533) and Alexander Grinla; father of Gilbert Grenlaw (c. 1584), Henrie Grenlaw, William Grenlaw, Patrick Grenlaw and William Grindlay (c.1558); father of Suzanne Grenlaw of Falkrik, Scotland.
^"List of Scottish Name Variants". www.scribd.com. ScotsFind LLC. 2008. Greenlaw, Grenelaw, Greynlaw, Grinlay, Grinlaw, Grenle, Grenlie, Grinla, Grinlie, Grinlli.
^"www.bellrock.org.uk". Bellrock Lighthouse. Mr Thomas Grindlay, master of the Trinity-house of Leith
^Foul Burn Agitation!: Statement Explaining the Nature and History of the Agricultural Irrigation near Edinburgh. John Lindsey & Co. 1840. p. 34. Villas in Restalrig inhabited by persons of respectability. In Restalrig, or immediately adjacent to the village, there have at all times existed villas, or ornamental houses or mansions, of considerable value. One of these styled Marionville, is an elegant villa with a garden extending into the meadow ground...It passed to several respectable persons. Captain Thomas Grindlay purchased it in 1796 for L.1200.
^ abcMcCrae, Morrice (2010). Simpson: The Turbulent Life of a Medical Pioneer. John Donald, Edinburgh. ISBN9780857900623. 1. Walter Grindlay, cousin of James Young Simpson (Grandson of Isabella Grindlay). 2. Lady Janet Grindlay staying with family in Fife. 3. The extended Grindlay Simpson family. 4. The Grangemouth and Liverpool based operations of Walter Grindlay.
^The Monthly Army List. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1915. p. 148. 4th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The undermentioned to be 2nd Lts. (on prob.) (Gaz. 1 July.) Dated 1 July 1915: Edward Grindlay
^"Portrait of 'Mr. Grinley of Leith'". The British Museum. He is William Grinly, an auctioneer, quartermaster of the Leith Volunteers, embodied in 1795. He was vain of his appearance and was called the Spread Eagle from his rotundity and a strange manner of throwing out his legs and arms in walking. For the Scottish Volunteers.
^Vincent, John A. C. (1893). Lancashire Lay Subsidies (1216-1307). Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire. p. 284.
^The Battle Abbley Roll. London: William and Sons. 1889. Greile, or Greilly, as Leland spells it, from Gresille, Anjou. "Albert Greslet, Baron of Manchester under Roger de Poitou, occurs in Domesday (270). The name was often written Gredley, Gridley, and Gresley, but was altogether different from that of Gresley" (see Toesni)
^Whatton, William Robert (1824). Observations on the Armorial Bearings of the town of Manchester and on the Decent of the Baronial Family of Grelley. Manchester: Robinson and Bent.
^Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. TC & EC Jack.
^ abMacVeigh, James (1883). Royal Book of Crests of Great Britain, Ireland and dominion of Canada, India and Australia. Legislative Library of Ontario.
^Charles Fox-Davies, Arthur (1909). "Chapter 7". A Complete Guide to Heraldry. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. p. 70. With regard to the other metal, silver, or, as it is always termed, "argent," the same variation is found in the usage of silver and white in representing argent that we find in yellow and gold, though we find that the use of the actual metal (silver) in emblazonment does not occur to anything like the same extent as does the use of gold. Probably this is due to the practical difficulty that no one has yet discovered a silver medium which does not lose its colour. The use of aluminium was thought to have solved the difficulty, but even this loses its brilliancy, and probably its usage will never be universally adopted.
^Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 334 - 335.
^"Shropshire Archives - The Halston Estate". The National Archives. William Grindley of Whittington, Shropshire holder of lands in Babies Wood (now Babbinswood) and Tymawr.
^ abA History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4. London: Victoria County History (BHO: British History Online). 1911. pp. 275–279. Greenlow, or Grindlow, Marsh or Cross appears to have been the land called Withacre or Whitacre.